My oldest graduated from Kindergarten this week and I couldn’t pass up the chance to bake some cupcakes for the celebration party. In the process I learned that you can make and ice about 60 mini cupcakes from a standard boxed cake mix and tub of frosting. These bathing beauties were vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, dipped in light and dark brown (sand) sugar. Topped with a strip of fruit roll-up for the towel and a gummy bear. Garnished with a paper parasol these were a hit with the kiddies.

Ingredients

Boxed cake mix

eggs

oil

Tub of frosting

gummy bears

light/dark brown sugar

fruit roll ups

paper umbrella

Instructions

Bake the cupcakes as per the box instructions

Ice once cooled

Roll iced cupcakes in the sugar

Cut the fruit roll up into towel sized pieces (I did 1″ pieces for mini cupcakes)

put a dab of icing on the top of the cupcake to attach the towel (fruit roll up)

Put a dab of icing in the middle of the towel and attach the gummy bear